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...staggering 8 and a half minutes, this song is perhaps a nod to bands such as Kyuss, with a little early Mastodon thrown in and it gives the band room to stretch their legs. Opening with the drums alone, it soon becomes a slow, sludgy affair.

In this article: Dozer, Stoner rock, Through the Eyes of Heathens, Kyuss, Troy Sanders, Brent Hinds, Kurt Cobain, and Neil Fallon

...Grohl, daydreaming of the perfect band to occupy looming downtime from the Foo Fighters, first invited the pair - along with the band Mastodon, his parents and 200 other guests - to get to know one another during his drunken 40th-birthday...

In this article: Dave Grohl, Them Crooked Vultures, John Paul Jones, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Itunes, and Songs for the Deaf

...media favor and much wider sales even as longtime fans wonder what exactly they're up to anymore. Fortunately, in Mastodon's case, the band made a landmark album this year, the daffy yet uncannily haunting and ambitious "Crack the Skye."

In this article: Dethklok, High on Fire, Converge, Adult Swim, Brendon Small, Kurt Ballou, Lil Wayne, Gorillaz, and Fear of a Black Hat

...tribute to John Bonham by Jason Bonham, along with an exclusive collaborative performance by Danny Carey (Tool) and Brann Dailor (Mastodon). These all-star drummers will all come together on one stage to celebrate the night s main event:...

In this article: Guitar Center, John Bonham, Danny Carey, Atom Willard, Jason Bonham, Sully Erna, and Velvet Revolver

...Adult Swim, the tour has been billed as a 40-city death metal extravaganza co-headlined by Dethklok and Atlanta, Ga., metalheads Mastodon. Both bands having launched new albums this year - Dethklok's chart-topping Dethalbum II in late...

In this article: Dethklok, Adult Swim, Metalocalypse, Brendon Small, Dethalbum, Cannibal Corpse, Billboard, Cartoon Network, and Spinal Tap

...if you're wrong? Then you don't like it and they don't like it and it's over." There was a moment that Mastodon was worried that it was over, but for different reasons. In 2007 an inebriated Hinds was seriously injured in a scuffle with...

In this article: Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, Brent Hinds, Jar Jar Binks, Slayer, Grigori Rasputin, Boba Fett, King Crimson, and Troy Sanders

...thumb in future titles. But really, it's the track list that does the most to set "Band Hero" apart from other rhythm games. Instead of Mastodon, Faith No More and Metallica, "Band Hero" offers up the likes of Culture Club, the Spice Girls...

In this article: Activision, Taylor Swift, IP Address, Cash cow, Adam Levine, Faith No More, Metallica, Maroon 5, and Spice Girls

...music; something a bit different to what they've done in the past. They have achieved that certainly, and I believe offered something bigger and better than almost every other rock album this year (albums by Mastodon, Baroness and Mew aside).

In this article: Them Crooked Vultures, Josh Homme, Alice in Chains, Dave Grohl, Culprit, The Dead Weather, Psychosis, and The Last Shadow Puppets

Heavy metal band create music for comic book flick. October 28, 2009 - Grammy-nominated hard rock band Mastodon extended their reign as the new gods of metal with their latest release Crack the Skye. They've been featured in Rock Band,...

In this article: Jonah Hex, Troy Sanders, Madden NFL 10, Jimmy Hayward, SQL, Guitar Hero, MySQL, Rock Band, and DC Comics

Posted by aubin on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 2:30 PM (EDT) Mastodon recently spoke to Paste Magazine about their work scoring the upcoming film, Jonah Hex. The film is based on the Western/Sci-Fi comic book of the same name and features...

In this article: Jonah Hex, Jimmy Hayward, Punknews.org, Blood Mountain, SOAD, Jonah Hex, and Paste Magazine